Arturo Toscanini and Vladimir Horowitz at the Carnegie Hall in 1943.Wanda Giorgina Toscanini Horowitz (1907–1998) was the daughter of the conductor Arturo Toscanini and the wife of pianist Vladimir Horowitz. [..] At a Toscanini concert, she spotted the critic Virgil Thomson dozing during the performance. Knowing that Thomson frequently gave her father negative reviews, she approached him and announced, “I am Wanda Toscanini Horowitz, and I saw you sleep from the first note to the last. I hope you enjoyed the performance.” (source: wikipedia)
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It's starting to smell a bit like spring around here.
A fine version in deed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3ph_ZtUBtQ
"I'm going where the sun keeps shining
Thru' the pouring rain
Going where the weather suits my clothes
Backing off of the North East wind
Sailing on summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone"
A fine version in deed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3ph_ZtUBtQ
"I'm going where the sun keeps shining
Thru' the pouring rain
Going where the weather suits my clothes
Backing off of the North East wind
Sailing on summer breeze
And skipping over the ocean like a stone"
Just last week "the Texan boy who conquered Russia" passed away.
In memoriam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apNTq-Tgf4w
In memoriam.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=apNTq-Tgf4w
How nice.NJS wrote:Something jolly for a Friday night:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIYRUk6g ... 92C79C8119
NJS
For something similarly brassy and more vernacular, try this:
http://youtu.be/R08w1u822_M
I don't know what the video is all about, though.
And for wistfully imagined (or real) future Italian summers:
http://youtu.be/n4ARzBHkMrc
Peppino Di Capri here manages to surpass the original with a slightly accented, reverb-rich cover.
Have a wonderful day, everyone.
In times of a new Pontiff in Rome... Missa de Beata Virgine.
One of the best Kyries I have ever heard. Prepare yourself to be transported to a high, very high place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brg061NsxyM
One of the best Kyries I have ever heard. Prepare yourself to be transported to a high, very high place.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brg061NsxyM
A beautiful song in my favorite scene in one of my favorite films.
When I saw it for the first time I thought it was the coolest of things to make each of four different women in the audience believe that the song was dedicated for her alone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6y47KcuI4Y
When I saw it for the first time I thought it was the coolest of things to make each of four different women in the audience believe that the song was dedicated for her alone.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6y47KcuI4Y
Giulio Caccini, composing sprezzatura:
Amarilli - Marco Beasly & Ensemble Accordone
http://youtu.be/DeBDS-b4ASg
Udite Amanti
http://youtu.be/_m1uoh7YI-Q
cheers, David
Amarilli - Marco Beasly & Ensemble Accordone
http://youtu.be/DeBDS-b4ASg
Udite Amanti
http://youtu.be/_m1uoh7YI-Q
cheers, David
Following up David's posts about Caccini, here's Monteverdi's Fourth Book of madrigals (1603), performed by Concerto Italiano under the direction of Rinaldo Alessandrini. The entire thing is wonderful, as are all the recordings of the Monteverdi madrigals by this group. The expressive rendering of the poem's word-painting can be well sampled in the second madrigal, setting "Cor Mio, Mentre Vi Miro" by G.B. Guarini (at 3:33). Here are the words:
Cor mio, mentre vi miro,
visibilmente mi trasformo in voi,
e trasformato poi,
in un solo sospir l'anima spiro.
O bellezza mortale,
O bellezza vitale,
poiché sí tosto un core
per te rinasce, e per te nato more.
Of course, this set is Monteverdi's great summary of what he called the prima pratica, the polyphonic renaissance style, but already looking forward to the seconda pratica, with freer counterpoint and in which, as Leo Schrade says in his biography, "the words should be in control of the harmonies."
Cor mio, mentre vi miro,
visibilmente mi trasformo in voi,
e trasformato poi,
in un solo sospir l'anima spiro.
O bellezza mortale,
O bellezza vitale,
poiché sí tosto un core
per te rinasce, e per te nato more.
Of course, this set is Monteverdi's great summary of what he called the prima pratica, the polyphonic renaissance style, but already looking forward to the seconda pratica, with freer counterpoint and in which, as Leo Schrade says in his biography, "the words should be in control of the harmonies."
For all the people in Europe who are absolutely sick and tired of this winter...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... JLqyuxm96k
Have a warm weekend everyone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... JLqyuxm96k
Have a warm weekend everyone
schmayck wrote:For all the people in Europe who are absolutely sick and tired of this winter...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... JLqyuxm96k
Have a warm weekend everyone
What a great sense of humour they have and so well executed. A pity about all the hatred in the comments...
Thanks for sharing!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57PqPh1H ... CD2E846877
One of the greatest moments in Opera. The greatest acting in Opera.
One of the greatest moments in Opera. The greatest acting in Opera.
Today listened to an original Mono release of Bob Dylan 'Blonde on Blonde' on vinyl. Lovely!
Mono and vynil is THE way of listening to this album, Slewfoot. The harmonica never sounded better.Slewfoot wrote:Today listened to an original Mono release of Bob Dylan 'Blonde on Blonde' on vinyl. Lovely!
I select one song from it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvSGUrvieEA
When we meet again
Introduced as friends
Please don't let on that you knew me when
I was hungry and it was your world
Gentlemen, a young, very young Russian coloratura mezzo-soprano singing Porpora. We will hear a lot more from her 
http://youtu.be/OJEVxqPTC9E
http://youtu.be/OJEVxqPTC9E
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